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FKIDAY, APRIL 18, 1862.
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the IAfEdT W/Vlt NEWS.
The rebels are as magnanimous as bravo, and the
two virtues are generally conjoined. The last illus
tration of this metaphysical truth cornea all the
way from Norfolk. The Day Book of that city, in
consideration of the rather questionable fact that
the battle of Shiloh was a victory for Beauregard,
asks with a perfectly serious countenance; “Is it
not a favorable time for the Confederate Govern
ment to propose to the Government at Washington
a cessation of the fierce and unnatural strifo?”
The Day Book grows ecstatic as it meditates upon
the ineffable sublimity that would mark such an
overture. The subiimily of cool impudence it cer
tainly would be, and there the sublimity would ond.
It trikes us also as rather impertinent to speak of
the United States as the “Government at Washing,
ton.” ag though it were nameless in the world, and
shifting its quarters every month like the rebel
oligarchy. The Day Book need not fool any great
alarm at tbe prospect of prolongod strife. Before
many weeks have pasted, McClellan will knock at
Norfolk, at any rate at Richmond ; Foote will have
left his carte de visite at Memphis, and Hunter wilt
pay his sincere devoirs to Savannah. We are
rapidly working our way to a surer peace than all
the peace overtures of traitors could ever bring
shout.
It would be utterly impossible to prepare more
conflicting accounts ot a battle than are tho9e of the
battle of Shiloh, which we reprint on our first page
from late Southern papers. The Richmond Ex
aminer says : “We have captured 8,000 prisoners
and SO cannon, four of which were recaptured.”
On the authority of later report, it places the num
ber of prisoners at 7,000, and the “ enemy’s ” loss,
by their “own admission,” at 15,000 Again, we
learn, by (he Richmond papers of Sunday, that the
Confederates claim 0,000 prisoners, while admit
ting that they have themselves lost 3,000 in killed
and wounded. The special Corinth correspondent
of the Savannah Repnhhean says [i we took
two thousand prisoners yesterday.” Three days
ofter, tbe same correspondent states the num
ber of prisoners i? four thousand. The
Memphis Appeal, from the best official autho
rity. places the Federal loss at from 12,000 to 15,000
in killed and wounded, from 2.000 to 3,000 prison
nneTS, about 100 pieces of artillery, 20,000 small
arms. etc. The same authority states the ontire
Confederate loss to be five thousand. A despatch
to the Atlanta Commonwealth places the Federal
loss at 20.000, on the idthotily if a 11 giftllznian.”
It is extremely doubtful whether any one but a
historian could gather an inkling of truth from this
mass of contradiction, guesswork, aud downright
falsehood.
It is said that the rebels are again erecting bat
teries on tbe Potomac in the vicinity of Acquia
creek. If this be true, the abandonment of that
place some time ago by the rebels was only a tem
porary affair.
It is considered almost certain that the fortifica
tion bill now before Congress will be abandoned,
and that the money intended to be appropriated
for that object will be devoted to the building of
more Monitors and armored Yessels-of-war, It
will thus be seen that our G < vernment will not be
behind the European Powers, who generally intend
to stop strengthening their harbor fortifications and
cemmenee building iron- clad movable batteries.
A Washington correspondent of a New York
journal states that the stories of the resignation of
Secretaries Stanton or Welles are false. They are
evidently the work of the enemies of the Govern
ment, who try to encourage the rebels by rumors
of dissension among our leading men and distrust
of their ability-
A despatch from Yorktown to Secretary Stanton
states that onr gunboats amused themselves on
Tuesday aud Wednesday by shelling rebel batte
ries in tbe vicinity of Gloucester and Yorktown,
one of onr vessels having approached to within
two miles of the latter place. The rebels, on
Wednesday, endeavored io erect a new fort three
miles to the left of Yorktown, but two of our batte
ries drove them from their position and dismounted
tfcmr gnus. Other engagements took place sear
James river, but the results have not yet been
ascertained.
Southern news, by way of Fortress Monroe, is
published on our first page. The conscription hill
was passed by the rebel Congress on the 9th inst.
Our fleet attacked Forts Jackson and Philip, two of
the principal defences of New Orleans, on the 14jh
inst., and it is probable that both works are now in
our possession. The rebels state that our troops
have evacuated Jacksonville, Florida.
It is Dow generally believed in naval circles that
the Merrimac, during her recent visit to Hampton
Roads, was so much injured that she had to return
to Norfolk, where she now is, for repairs. Sailors
and artillerists who wore on board of the foreign
vessels in Hampton Roads, at the time the Merri
mac fired a shot at the Naugatuck , Etate that the
gun on board of the former vessel bftrst, and that
it must have done considerable damage to that ves
sel, (for she directly turned round and steamed to
wards Norfolk.
Despatches from General Burnside state that he
has made another advance, and taken possession of
Mount Jackson. His advance on the latter place
was so sudden that the rebels bad sot time to barn
the bridges. He took several prisoners. General
Shields is in the field again.
Several of our gunboats have made a reaonnois
sance up the Rappahafilioek river, and captured
Fort Lowry, mounting nine guns, together with a
large amount of spoils. The full particulars of the
affair will be found in another column.
(PmMSS Bwmlfiw, til* pitridl-eiiile, arrived in
tliis city at a late boar last evening. Of the hearty
reception tendered him, and the incidents attend
ing his trip from Pittsburg, a complete account
will be found in another column.
Congress Yesterday.
Sf.NATK.—A joint resolution wag passed appro
priating $7,000 for the relief of the members of the
marine brigade, who lost their personal effects in
the Port Boyal expedition, last November. The
bill to quality electors in the District, by adminis
tering to them the oath of allegiance, was passed.
The House bill to establish a Bureau of Agriculture
was taken up, and the Senate committee’s amend
ments were agreed to. A substitute was of
fered to establish likewise a Bureau of Commerce
and Statistics. The bill to establish a branch mint
at Denver was psssed.
House.— The Pacific Railroad bill was debated
and the necessity of constructing the road fully
shown. Moreover, it was proved that its esta
blishment would effect a vast annual saving to the
Government in the item of transportation.
A Rebel Conscription Bill.
A telegraphic despatch dated Bicbmond, and
published in a Norfolk paper, briefly announces
that«the conscription bill was passed by Con
gress on the 9th.” It is evident that all the
furore for Secession has died away. No more
volunteers flock to the standard of the stars
and bars. The system of denouncing all who
fail to join the rebel armies as Abolitionists in
disguise, and consigning them to the tender
mercies of lynch law, is no longer available.
Even the drafts made by the rebel Governors
do not fill up the wide chasms created in the
ranks of the enemy by defeat, desertion, and
sickness. Force must be resorted to in an
other shape; and those who from a love of
peace, or latent attachment to the Union, or a
dread of the tearful trials and dangers they
will be compelled to undergo In the service of
the rebellion, stilUinger round their old homes,
are now to be subjected to another phase of
tyranny and oppression, and forced against
their will to fight against their country. Never
were a people so terribly injured’ by the mad
ness and folly of wicked and ambitious leaders
as the inhabitants of the Seceded States ; and
it seems that nothing short of the absolute*uin
of their dupes will satisfy the Secession lead
ers. They have destroyed all the revenues
of the South—-paralyzed her entire industrial
system—deprived her lands and slaves of their
former value—brought want, wretchedness,
woe, and desolation upon her entire popula
tion— and by forcing still more men into a war
in which they must necessarily be defeated,
the number of their victims will be swelled,
wifho.ut securing the'success of their desperate
and wicked schemes.
The Latest Foreign News
In the House of Commons, on the first of
April, the Palmerston Government sustained
a great financial defeat. It has long been con
sidered shameful that, by the duties levied
upon policies of fire aud life insurance, a tax
should be imposed upon prudence. Mr. H. B.
Sheridan moved for leave to bring in a bill
to reduce the duty on fire insurance. He
proposed to reduce the duty from 3s. to 25.,
and at the end of five years to make a further
reduction of Is. He said that the loss to the
revenue, occasioned by the reduction of the
tax, would be more than compensated by the
increased number of insurances effected. The
Chancellor of the Exchequer could not sup
port such a measure, either as a matter of pre
cedent or principle, and said that 'the public
income could not afford such a diminution.
Nevertheless, on a division, Mr. Sheridan’s
motion was carried against the Government
by a majority of eleven.
The English three-monthly revenue returns
have been published, and in the quarter end
ing March ;U, the decrease, as compared with
a return of the corresponding period in I.BGI,
amounts to jCG09,195.
The English journals still comment on the
battle between the Merrimac and Monitor, and
doubt whether their own mailed steamer, the
Warrior, be worth anything. The Liverpool
Post says: “ France by this time has got half
a dozen, perhaps a whole dozen, of Merrimacs
reposing in her docks. Any one of these run
ning over from Cherbourg, or running out from
Toulon, could damage in a day or two every
vessel in the British navy that she might en
counter. Iron or wood would make no
difference ; she would run into them all,
' and run them down. Six such vessels pier
sent a danger which our Government un
fortunately is disposed to overlook. Our
good ally, wc may suppose, has no such
malignant purpose to gratify ; and, if he
had, the destruction of our iron steamers
and wooden men-of-war would be a very
wicked gratification merely, unless lie Was
able at the same time to pour troops upon
our shores adequately to accomplish our
humiliation. But Eons Napoleon- cannot
live lor ever; he may even get angry with us.
Friends are to be trusted as if they were to
become one day enemies, and our national
security is not a thing to be left dependant
upon the will of a sovereign or of a neighbor
ing State.”
It is proposed that sundry English linc-of
battlu shijte could be cut down so as to admit
of being iron-plated, or, if provided witli six
or eight of Coi.E’s-shields, one of them would
be sufficient to destroy ten line-of-battle
ships as they now exist. Mr. Osborne lias an
nounced a motion “ that it is expedient to sus
pend the construction of the proposed forts at
Spithead until the value of iron-roofed gun
boats for the defence of British ports and road
steads shall have been fully considered.”
There has been mention, too, of a proposal to
make Armstrong guns capable of throwing
300 and even GOO pound balls. In a word,
England is seriously alarmed at the new phase
of naval warfare. The Herald suggests an in
stant expenditure of ten millions sterling in
the construction of floating-iron fortresses,
steaming their six or seven knots an hour,
and carrying two or three of the largest Arm
strongs.
The Times says; “It is quite impossible to
dissemble the fact that nine-tenths of the Bri
tish navy have been rendered comparatively
useless. Our fine screw line-of-battle ships
and frigates have gone the way of the fine old
sailing 745. What is the use of our Mediter
ranean fleet of twenty-eight sail if a couple of
cupola vessels could destroy them all, one
after another?”
From the manufacturing districts of France,
tlie news is that the nffllowners are making
great sacrifices by disposing of their produce
at and under first cost, in order to give em
ployment to their operatives. The appearance
of. the growing crops, particularly of wheat,
is very fine.
In an allocution delivered by tbe Tope, at
the canonization of three martyrs of Japan,
tliis sentence occurs: « Best assured that the
Holy See docs not maintain the temporal pow
er as a dogma of faith, but it declares that the
temporal power is necessary and indispensa
ble, as long as the order established by Provi
dence shall endure, to sustain the independ
ence of the spiritual power.” Tliis is taken
as an admission that though the temporal pow
er of the Papacy is necessary now, it is not an
essential doctrine of tire Church.
Nana. Sahib is said to be in Nepaul, and
the Indian Government were about demand
ing his surrender.
The Legislative Elections in Prussia will
nearly all go against tlie Absolute Govern
ment. If tlie King does not greatly and speed
ily’alter his policy, he may lose his Crown.
His eldest son is said to be liberal and patriotic
in his views.
In Beaureoard’s letter to Gen. Grant,
asking permission to send a party for tlie pur
pose of giving interment to the rebels killed
in the battle of Pittsburg Landing, he utters
this audacious lie: “I deem it proper to say
that I am asking only what I have extended to
your own countrymen under similar circum
stances.” It is impossible that a miscreant and
ingrate, who has revelled upon the generosity
of tlie Government he is now assailing, should
have forgotten the barbarities perpetrated
under bis own eye, after the conflict of Ball
Run, upon tbe remains of the Union soldiers.
Wl:un the information culled for by Senator
ScsiNEii’d resolution is laid before the coun
try, attested, as it will be, by the most distin
guished witnesses, among them Governor
Si'raiu'e, of Rhode Island, the atrocities com
mitted by Beauregard’s brigands will inflict
a new stigma upon bis dishonored name, and
arouse the indignation of the civilized world.
Tiie kankrlt’t dill, reported by that able
Representative in Congress, Hon. Roscoe
Conklino, of New York, authorizes the judges
of the District Courts of the United States to
appoint the assignees and commissioners. This
is a fatal defect. These judges are already
clothed with tlie distribution of a vast amount
of patronage, and, considering tho fact that
ninny of them are supposed to sympathize
with the Secessionists, it would be a grievous
blunder to confide to them the selection of the
officers necessary to the execution of so im
portant a measuro as that of a bankrupt bill,
which must operate alike upon loyal and dis
loyal men. Let these officers be appointed by
the President, subject, if necessary, to the ad
vice and consent of the Senate.
It is heart-rending to hear the lamentations
of tho pious and peaceful men who were con
fided to the tender embraces of Fort Lafayette
on account of their affection for the traitors
against tho Government. They bewail their
fate with many tears, and solicit damages to
heal their wounded sensibilities and bind up
their broken spirits. Would it not be well
for Congress to enact a law conferring upon
these precious patriots a perpetual pension?
Instead of honoring the brave men who are
fighting for onr flag, statues should be erected
in Independence Hall commemorating tho
sufferings of these martyrs of Secession.
Gen. Halleck disposes of suspected trai
tors in Missouri by a very summary process.
He compels them to pay for tho support of
the families of Union soldiers, and adds the
comfortable cataplasm of the oath of alie.
giance. In Washington City no such civilities
have been extended to the same class; but we
are glad to see that Senator Grimes has re
ported a bill which requires all the voters in
the city to make oath to support the Constitu
tion, and that they have always been loyal
and true to the Government of the United
States. *
Tiif, brief messago of President Lincoln, an
nouncing his signature to the bill abolishing
slavery in the District of Columbia, is another
evidence ot the moderation and prudence of
the Executive. Nothing more becomes tho
possessor of great patronage an d power than
the ever.preßent consciousness of his respon
sibilities, and his anxiety to do no act rashly
or unreflectingly.
Comparatively little notice has been taken
oi the serious loss sustained by the rebels in
the death of their great general, Albert Sid
ney Johnston. Had one of our military chief
tains of equal rank and talent fallen in battle,
the dark caves of Secession would have re
sounded with yells of exultation.
Mn. Jobs McDonough —This po»nl»r He lor has re
turned to town utter a very successful theatrical season
in Boston. At the end of next month he will visit Cin
cinnati) accompanied, we presume, by his interesting
rmnity* “ The Seven Sisters.”
The New Battle-fields.
A gratifying proof of the power of the Re
public, and the wisdom with which Us affairs
have been administered during the last year,
is afforded by the fact that every important
military enterprise that has fairly been under
taken "lias been fully successful. The capital
was beleaguered: we have defended it. There
was an outbreak in Baltimore, and the State of
Maryland was apparently on the point of being
hurled into the arms of the traitors: it has been
fully restored to the Union. Kentucky was in
vaded : wo have driven back all the troops of
the enemy, and rescued her soil. Missouri
was overrun by the hordes of Price : they
have been compelled to fall back. 'Western
Virginia now enjoys uninterrupted repose.
Portions of North Carolina, South Carolina,
Georgia, Florida, Arkansas, Alabama, Ten
nessee, and Virginia are now occupied by large
bodies of onr troops. The efficiency of our
blockade is doubly proved by the high price of
all important foreign products in the South
and the scarcity of the Southern staples in
foreign countries. Every fort that wo have
besieged we have captured. Every outwork
of the enemy that we have assailed lias fallen
into our hands.
And now, flushed with our numerous past
victories, we are approaching the most vital
points of the Seceded States. The tide of
battle at this moment is raging around York
town, the key of the navigable approaches to
Richmond ; Fort Pillow, the chief remaining
defence of Memphis; the forts that protect
New Orleans; and Corinth, the place to which
BEAiniEOAnn’s army retired after its defeat at
Shiloh. A complete victor} - at all these points
would virtually terminate the war. We must
not disguise the fact, however, that large aiid
powerful armies protect them, and that the
skill and courage of our generals and our
troops may he put to severer tests than any to
which they have hitherto been subjected.
The siege of Yorktown promises to be a
protracted one. It is a sort of Sebastopol,
aud tactics somewhat similar to those resorted
to by the allied troops will apparently be ren
dered necessary. General McClellan, having
enjoyed abundant opportunities of witnessing
the operations of the opposing armies in that
exciting struggle, will doubtless usefully em
ploy some of the knowledge thus gained, in
his present undertaking.
The experience acquired by Commodore
Foote at Fort Henry, Fort Donelson, and
Island No. 10, will aid him greatly in his attack
upon Fort Pillow, and General Pope’s victory
at Booneville, his capture of New Madrid, and
liis sagacious movement across the Mississippi
to the rear of the garrison at Island No. 10,
amply prove his ability to render invaluable
assistance with his land forces.
The troops who, on Monday, the 7th of
April, redeemed all the errors and disasters of
the battle on Sunday,'will advance upon Co
rinth, at the proper season, with full confidence
in their invincibility. They will not fail, in meet
ing the same enemy upon a new field, to
avenge all their slaughtered companions, and
to win new titles to the admiration and grati
tude of their countrymen.
A Norfolk journal announces, on the autho
rity of a telegraphic despatch from Richmond,
dated April 15, that official (rebel) informa
tion had been received of the commencement
of an attack on Forts Jackson and Philip on
the 14th inst. Commodore Porter’s mortar
fleet is probably fairly at work, and a terrific
attack is no doubt being made upon the de
fences of New Orleans. Even if it should not
at present be fully successful, the day cannot
be tar distant when our gunboats sailing down
the Mississippi will, by acting in concert with
it, insure its triumph.
Tims the Southern metropolis andcapital
are, at the same moment, tlireatencd by power
ful demonstrations. The capture of either
will be a terrific blow to the enemy.
Tyler’s Brieade—Battle of Winchester.
In Gen. Shields’ report of the battle of
Winchester repeated allusion is made io tile
gallantry, of the above brigade and its accom
plished commander. And as, in the course of
liis narrative, portions of other brigades which
co-operated with that of Col. Tyler, in the
final repulse of the enemy, are named—and
very deservedly so—by regiments, it becomes
a milttr Of iftl6r6st 16 kiioiv of whdt regiments
Col. Tyler’s « splendid brigade”is composed.
Moreover, is but just that their names be
placed on the popular record. They are the
following;
The Second Virginia,
Seventh Ohio,
Eleventh Indiana, and
One-liundred-and-tenth Pennsylvania.
The names of the gallant men who com
manded the three first regiments are unknown
to ns; but the field officers of our own regi
tnent, all of whom distinguished themselves in
the late battle, by their coolness and intrepi
dity, are:
Colonel— Wm. D. Lewis, Jr,, of this city.
Lieutenant Colonel— James Ciiowtiier, of
Huntingdon.
Major—John C. Johnson, of this city.
Gen. Shields, in relation to the part borne
by Tyler’s Brigade in the fierce conflict re
ferred to, speaks as follows:
“ I saw there was not a moment to lose, and
gave positive orders that all the disposable infantry
should be immediately thrown forward on our
right to carry the enemy’s batteries, and to assail
and turn his left flank, and hurl it back on the
ceptre. Colonel Kimbail carried out these orders
with promptitude and ability. He entrusted this
movement to Tyler’s splendid brigade, which, un
der its fearless leader, Colonel Tyler, marched
forward with alacrity and enthusiastic joy to the
performance of the most perilous duty of the day.
The enemy’s skirmishers wen driven before it add
fell back upon the main body, strongly posted be
hind a high and solid stone wall, situated on an
elevated ground. Here the struggle became des
perate, and for a short time doubtful; but Tyler’s
brigade being soon joined on the left by tbe Fifth
Ohio. Thirteenth Indiana, and Sixtv-second Ohio,
of Sullivan’s brigade ; and the Fourteenth In
diana, Eighty-fourth Pennsylvania, seven com
panies of the Sixty- seventh Ohio, and three com
panies of the Eighth Ohio, of Kimball's brigade, this
united force dashed upon the enemy, with a
cheer and yell that rose high up above the roar of
battle, and though the rebels fought desperately,
as their piles of dead attest, they were forced back
through the woods by a fire as ties tractive as ever
tell upon a retreating foe. Jackson, with his sup
posed invincible stonewall brigade and the accom
panying brigades, much to their mertification and
discomfiture, were compelled to fall back in dis
order upon their reserve. Here they took up a
how position for a final stand, and made an attempt
for a fow minutes to retrieve the fortunes of the
day ; but again rained down upon them the same
close and destructive fire. Again cheer upon cheer
rang in their ears. A few minutes only did they
stand up against it, when they turned dismayed
and fled in disorder, leaving us in possession of the
field, the killed and wonnded, three hundred pri
soners, two guns, four caissons, and a thousand
stand of small arms. Night alone saved him from
total destruction,”
And again :
“Colonel Tyler, commanding Third Brigade, has
won my admiration by his fearless intrepidity. His
brigade is worthy of such an intrepid leader. This
brigade, and the regiments' accompanying it,
achieved the decisive success of the day. They
drove the forces of the enemy before them on the
left flank, and by hurling this flank back upon the
reserve consummated this glorious action. 77
With such testimony as this in their favor,
and from such a source, well may every offi
cer and man of the Third Brigade of Shields’
Division feel proud, no loss of their associates
in arms than of their leader!
The Armies of the Republic,
That wo are a fighting as well as a working and
energetic people, the war record of the last pear
abundantly proves. Twenty-six important battles
have been fought, in all of which, exoept eight
that occurred soon after the commencement of hos
tilities, the Federal arms wer4F victorious. Our
losses previous to the battle of Shiloh, or Fit'teburg
Landing, were in killed, 2,490; wounded, 4,190;
prisoners, 1,440; while the rebel loss has been in
killed and wounded, 12,429; prisoners, 25,797,
There have been during the year innumerable skir
mishes and the following important battles:
April 12-13,1831 1 Fort Sumpter, S. Carolina.
June 10...... 2 Big Bethel, Virginia.
J IU7 5... a •. ai • 3 Carthage, Missouri.
July 12 4 Rich Mountain* Virginia.
July 14 5 Carricksford, Virginia,
July 21 7 6 iiullßuo, Virginia.
August 10 7 Bpriugfield, Missouri.
Sepr.2o 3 Lexington, Missouri.
October 9... i... 9 Santa Rosa Island, Fla.
October 2l 10 Ball’s Bluff, Virginia.
October 21 ~11 Fredericktown, Missouri.
Nov. 7 12 Port Royal, S. Carolina.
Not. 8 13 Belmont, Missouri.
Pec. 20 .14 DranesTille, Virginia.
Jan. 19,1862 35 Mill Spring, Kentucky.
Keb. 6 16 Fort Henry, Tennessee.
Fob. 7-8.. 17 Roanoke Island,_N. C.
18 Fort t)onelsoDi Tenn,
Feb. 13.16.
........19 Yalverde, New Mexico,
* .20 Pea Ridge, Arkansas,
March 6*B.
fioitdij, Virginia.
March 8-0....
....22 Newborn, S. Carolina.
... .23 Winchester, Virginia.
March 14...
March 23...
24 Pittsburg L Hiding, Tenn
April 6-7„,•
April 7 ...25 Surrender of Inland No. 10.
April 11 ~,,?? Surrender ofFort Pulaski,
Spkcial Sale of Five llundrkd Lots of Citv-
Made Clothing, this Mousing.—We invite tho
early attention of purchasers to the extensive assort
ment Of fashionable ready 'made olothfng, embracing
■.great assortment for spring and summer sales, in
cluding tbe stock of a large city establishment re
linquishing business. Also, I. M. Singer.& Co.’s
sewing machines, Ac., to be peremptorily sold by
catalogue, on four months’ credit, commencing this
morning at 10 o'clock, by John B. Myers ft Co.,
auctioneers, No. 232 and 234 Market street.
Colonel Corcoran has been appointed, by
doveroor Morgan, of New York, as harbormaster.
THE PRESS.—PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1868.
LETTER FROM “OCCASIONAL.”
The leniency—the tenderness—the indul
gence—the more than magnanimity of the
General Administration to the traitors and to
those who sympathize with them, is as con
sistent as the treachery of these traitors and
their friends. Ido not complain of it.
There is doubtless a profound philosophy in it,
which after ages will appreciate. But it is
strange that the objects of these gentle
compliments receive them so complacently
and regard them so coldly. I can understand
why a man is willing to suffer for opinion’s
sake in a good cause, and I can even fathom
the motives of one who takes up arms and
fights in a bad one; but Ido not profess to be
able to separate that action from direct
infamy and ingratitude which consists in
remaining in a loyal district and State,
in asking for and accepting the kind
nesses of a loyal Government, and which
responds to these solicited kindnesses by con
tinued sneers at the General Administration
and continued attacks upon the war. There
are, however, some things Ido understand—
things which are not dependent upon prece
dents or upon lawyers to make more clear or
strong. I understand that we have a Govern
ment to serve aDd to save. I understand that
this Government is being assailed in the battle
field by a formidable and ungrateful adversary.
And I understand, also, that this adversary,
bloody, crafty, and remorseless as he is, has
thousands who wish him success in his career
of carnage and of crime. If a Government
thus doubly attacked is worth defending, it is to
be defended by every means confided to the
Ei'eenlive, ihe legislative, and the judicial
authorities, to whom, for the time, its Adminis
tration is entrusted. I say by every means,
and if one remedy fails, let another be sup
plied, and another, until at last tfte effective
cure is found. I assume, of course, that
nobody doubts that this is a death-struggle
between freedom and despotism, or between a
Government of law and order and a fierce and
desperate banditti. How, then, can any man,
or men, who live in the loyal States, and op
pose the cause ef these States, claim the pro
tection of a Constitution and the benefits of
laws, to whose destruction their friends in the
Seceded States have dedicated their lives?
And yet this classnot only heartily sympathize
with the rebellion, but in all their covert acts
claim, and too often receive, the protection of
the Constitution. Such of them as were arrest
ed at a moment when the country was in the
extremes! peril and have been released, not
only bring suits against the Federal officers
-who discharged their duties In securing their
arrest, but, in some cases, threaten the lives
of these officers! Even as I write, it is be
lieved that known and notorious Secessionists
walk the streets of Washington and Baltimore,
CDjoyiDg the blessings of this Government,
collect their rents, and, in some cases, luxuri
ate upon the patronage of the Administration.
A little more than a year ago, there was a dif
ferent feeling in the public mind. All doubt
ful men were compelled to show their devotion
to tlie Union, and more than one of those, now
so boisterous against the Union, were too
ready to save their worthless lives by unfurl
ing the flag of our country from their resi
dences. The prime object of these men has
been that of a steady secret support of the
cause of the traitors. To this end, they will
appeal to the courts for damages against
the Federal officers who, in some eases, ef
fected their arrest. Believing that the Federal
Judiciary is in sympathy with them, they
employ tlie ablest lawyers, and these are in
structed to stir up all the elements of discon
tent by inflammatory appeals to tlie juries.
TF hiio these intrigues are in progress the cry
is raised and maintained of “ fidelity to the
Federal Constitution |” The result is, that
loyal men, who believe in the justice of the
war, and are ready to sacrifice their fortunes
and their lives that it may be successfully pro
secuted, sutler in both, while disloyal men re
joice in their measures of irritation and em
barrassment. Meanwhile the great primal
obligation of preserving the Republic is subor
dinated in the clamor thus created by
reveDgeful and disaffected partisans. The
property of the Union men in the South
is seized and forfeited; they are driven
from their firesides and their homes ; and in
many cases arc executed like felons and as
sassins, without trial or defence. Millions of
dollars have in this way been confiscated to
the cause of the rebellion ; and in no case has
a single act of restitution or compensation
been recorded. The question arises, whether,
under this hypocritical clamor for the Consti
tution on the part of those whose hearts are
enlisted against it, the Administration shall be
embarrassed aud the great object of the war
defeated ? Our brave brothers and friends in
the battle-field will look upon this spectacle
with amazement and They do not
sympathize with the men who have sworn to
destroy alike the Union and the Constitution,
and to sacrifice precious lives. They behold
only a mass of infuriated madmen, deaf to
all the instincts of mercy or of humanity,
resolved upon no peace that does not recog
nize and consecrate tlioir treason. Sincere
hatred of the Government animates their foes
in the battle-field, l’retended regard for the
Constitution animates their foes in the free
States, who, while laughing at tlie bravery of
onr heroic soldiers, secretly help forward the
common enemy. Two combinations are en
gaged in the work of undermining the fabric
of our free institutions. They work with un
ceasing industry and perseverance. One is
composed of the armed traitors who, after
stealing , the property of the General Govern
ment, now devote tiiemselycs to the task of
taking the lives of the freemen of the North.
The other is composed of politicians who,
in a thousand ways, labor to misrepre
sent, assail and cripple the Adminis
tration under the pretext of super
fine devotion to the Constitution. Every vic
tory in the battle-field by the first elevates and
strengthens the Second, Every triumph at the
bafiot-box of the second elevates and strength
ens the first. Shall we profit by this lesson ?
Our duty is as plain as our path: Harmonious
action in the warlike and in the political strug
gle. No divisions among common friends
pledged to a common cause. No coniliet over
names. No rivalries among leaders. No
criticisms upon brave men in’tho field or good
men in the councils. No hesitation to vote
supplies in Congress. No more leniency to
traitors. With these mottoes on our banners
we shall rescue our country from ruin, and
build up a fortress of freedom on these shores
that will stand all the ravages of time and of
tteason. Occasional.
The Attack on Fort Pillow.
The Navy Department, to-day, received the following
despatch;
Cairo, April 16.—The mortars opened on the 14th, and
soon cleared the river of all vessels.
Our shells fell in the rebel camp. The rebel works are
strong and extensive.
Two deserters came on beard the gunboats, and say
&k-I»leiit6h&ht THOMAS Huger, late of the United States
navy, Is In command at Fort Billow, and that General
Pillow and Commodore Hollins have gone below.
S4XIS OF JfruSBHOLD FURN|TVRgt PIINQ
Fortes, Silver-Plated Ware, Mirrors, Paint
ings, Fire-Proof Orest, &c., this morning, at ten
o’clock, at Birch & Sons* auction store, No. 914
Chestnut street.
Arch-street Theatre.—John Drew continues to
draw gwd honeys to the Arcbi to witness his uuap?
proachable delineations of the Irish possant character.
As Andy Eooltghan, in “Crohoore-na-Bilhoge,” now
being performed nightly, Mr. Drew represents the light
hearted and light-headed Irishman as no other actor ro
presentshim. It is not the stage-irishman that you see,
but the natural one, as you would see £lm in his cabin
or at the ** patthern,** with a ready hand to help the dis
tressed or knock down an enemy. Mr. Drew has now
placed steadily eighty-two nights, and his popularity is
not yet on the wane.
Walkct-stret Theatre.—Mias Charlotte Thompson
offers a superb entertainment for her benefit this even
ing. u A Day After the Wedding,” “ Delicate Ground,”
i< The Bough Diamond,” and Simpson and Co.*” will
all be performed, with the fair beneftciaire in the three
first-named pieces. Many who are anxious to see Miss
Thompson in comedy have now an excellent opportunity.
HGraxd The tableaux of India and the
Sepoy Rebellion were largely attended lasUVe&lbg At the
Assembly Buildings. Persons who desire novelty,
amusement, and an entertaining way of obtaining his
torical knowledge should not fall to visit the exhibition.
Uatiucc to-morrow aftfistW;
Anecdotb of Col.. Bissbll—Now that Col.
Bissell, who made a caaal behind Island Number
Xen, is a hero, we may take the liberty of tolling
a single characterfslla story «f liis personal life.
He sent a photograph portrait of himself to a friend
a few days since. The figure was dressed in the
workingcostume of a respectable luivvy. Explain
ing this to his friend, this hard-working Colonel
said that he had somewhere an elegant Colonel's
uniform, but he had never had it on.—Boston
Daily Advertiser.
John A. Wilson has been appointed notary pub.
lie at York. Pa, .vice Colonel Btillinger, whose term
has expired.
Washington, April 17,18G2.
Public Amusements.
FROM WASHINGTON.
A Branch mint at Denver Established.
PROVIBIOHS OP THE BILL.
THE MEDICAL ARMY CORPS DESIRE IN
CREASED PAY AND HIGHER RANK.
KO MORE NEWS TAPERS ALLOWED TO
BE SENT SOUTH.
THE PHILADELPHIA PETITIONS FOR A BANKRUPT LAW.
The Proposed Railroad from YVashing-
ton to New York.
WASHINGTON VOTERS MUST BE -LOYAL.
Special Despatches to “ The Press.”
April 17,1862.
New Branch Mint at Denver—Bill Passed
Congress.
Tlie Senate passed House bill to*day, without amend*
pient. for a branch mint at Denver, Colorado, providing
for ft superintendent! ausayer, one metier and refiner,
and one coiner—the former at $2,000 per year, and the
hitter at $l,BOO each, all of whom are to enter into bonds
aud take the oath of allegiance. The fourth section pro
vides tltat the general direction of the business of the
branch of Ihe mint shall be under the control and regu
lation of tho director of the mint at Philadel
phia, subject to the approbation of the &’ecre
(ary of t(\t Trmwy ; and for thet purpose, it
Is the duty of tbe director to prescribe such regula
tions, aud require such returns periodically and occa
sionally, and to establish snch charges for parting, as
saying, refining, and coining, as shall appear to him to
he necessary for tha purpose of carrying Into effect tho
intention of the act in establishing the branch; also for
the purpose of preserving uniformity of weight, form,
and finish in the coin stamped at said branch. Tho su
pffjpteDdnnt is required to perform the duties of as
sistant treasurer. Seventy-five thousand dollars is ap
propriated fnr tlie new mint.
Mr. Fksskndkx stated that the yield of gold in Colo
rado in 1861 was two millions per j ear, in 1860 six thou
sand, and 1659 four thousand.
The Medical Army Corps.
A petition was presented in the Senate to-day from the
Medical Army Corps of Cadets, as drafted by a com
mittee for that purpose at a meeting in this city, asking
lor an increase of pay and rank to that of second lieu
tenant of Infantry. It premises that a cadet must have
a liberal education, have studied medicine two years, at
tended one full course of lectures, and passed an exami
nation before the Army Medical Board. Not one was
able to sustain himself on the pay they njw receive,
which is $3O per month.
The President to- day signed the bill increasing the
efficiency of the Medical Bureau;
Newspapers for the Rebel States.
The Post Office Department has received information
that newspapersfrom nearly all the principal cities of the
North and West, addressed to tho rebel States, aud to
offices long since discontinued, are beiDg sent in large
/juantities to the post office at Nashville, Tennessee, for
distribution. These papers cannot be forwarded. They
accumulate at that point to such an extent as to make it
difficult to find room for them in tbe office. To relieve
the postmaster from the heavy burden thus improperly
imposed upon him, it has become necessary to instruct
him to sell, as waste paper, such as cannot be delivered
or forwarded under the present postal Arrangements.
Petition for a General Bankrupt Law.
Mr. Lehman to-day presented a petition of over 1,200
citizens of Philadelphia, praying for the immediate pas
gflgg pf a general bankrupt law.
Proposed Railroad Between Washington
and New York.
President Felton, of the Philadelphia and Baltimore
Railroad, has published a pamphlet hero concerning tho
newly proposed interior route for a railway between thin
city and New York. It is addressed to Secretary Stan
ton, and points out at length tho great difficulties in the
way of heavy grading to be encountered in the con
struction. of such a road, and consequent expeuso.
lie proposes to expedite travel upon the pre
sent established route by a junction road,
bo called, from Frankford, via Philadelphia to
Giay’s Ferry, or a ferry boat large enough
to contain an entire train of cars for transport
from Camden to Philadelphia. He also proposes that
Congress shall make post routes through cities to the
end that locomotives may be used as far &b practicable
consistent with public safety. At Baltimore, he would
have the B. & O. R. It. deflect towards Locust Point,
where a ferry boat (to carry an entire train) should con
nect with Canton.
Treßident Felton quotes from military authorities to
show tho service of the P. B, B. B. since the rehe}-
hop,
The Tax Bill
The tax bill will not be reported to the Senate this
week from tho Committee on Finance. Memorials ro
moDßtrating against the bill« and asking for the lame of
Treasury notes or bonds to liquidate the unfunded debt
are received. These memorialists neglect to state in
what manner they propose to pay tbe interest on the
notes they desire issued.
Oath of Allegiance for Washington Voters.
Tbe following is a synopsis of a bill which passed the
Senate to-day * That in all municipal elections In the
Dihtrict of Columbia, during the rebellion* every person
who shall offer to vote, and who shah be challenged by
any legal voter on the ground of disloyalty, shall, before
his vote is to the following oath:
“I do solemnly swear (or affirm, as the case
may be.) that 1 will support, protect, and defend
the Constitution and Government of the United States,
against all enemies, whether domestic or foreign •
that I will bear true faith, allegiance, and loy
alty to the same, any ordinance, resolution, or
law of any State Convention, Legislature, or order or
organization, secret or otherwise, to the contrary not
withstanding, and that I do this with a full determina
tion, pledge, and purpose, without any mental reserva
tion or evasion whatsoever; and farther, that I hove al
ways been loyal and true to tlie Government of the
United States. So help me God.”
The oath or affirmation may be taken before any justice
Of the peace, notary public, or other person legally author
ized to wliiiinleter oaths in the District ; and the produc
tion of the certificate, in writing, of any such justice of
the peace, with a copy of such oath or affirmation* that
it has been taken and subscribed to by the person pro
ducing it, shall ho dimmed by tho commissioners of
election Euffiiciont evidence of tho fact.
And It shall also bo lawfol for tlie commissioners of
election, or any one of them, during the time of holding
such electious, to administer said oath. And any person
or persons violating said oath, or making any false state
ment in taking the same, shall he subject to all tho pains
and penalties of wilful and corrupt perjury.
The Government of Liberia and the
Emancipated Slaves.
The Government of Liberia has an agon! here, who
has had two or three interviews with Mr. Whiting, of
the Colonization Bureau of tho Interior Department. It
is understood that the Liberiaus desire that this Govern
ment will go in for something like & compulsory oolo
ui/.ation, to the end that they may have an olomeut of
serviceable immigration. That is to say, they want
active and laborious men, and not mere office-seekers,
Ac. It is thought by many that the matter of abolishing
slavery in this Llatrict will be but a nino-days wonder,
so far as aggrieved parties are concerned hereabouts;
but should it turn out that this city fills up with idle
contrabands, who may not be reclaimed by loyal masters,
then the Government may enforce their migration to
Liberia.
Confiscation Bril.
Tbe consideration of the confiscation bill will be re
sumed in the Senate to-morrow, and will probably be
disposed of, as it is intended to take a test yote on the
substitute offer cm! by Mr. Sherman.
JVew Brigadiers.
Colonel Von Steinwehr, colonel of one of the New
York regiments, was nominated to the Senate, to-day, as
a brigadier general.
l It is understood that the Military Committee of that
body has reported favorably on the nomination of Colonel
Ward B. Bi’linett for a like position.
Pennsylvania Post Offices.
ESTABLISHMENTS.
East Cantos, Bradford county, Warren Lakdon post
master. On the route from Canton to Towanda, and
next to Alba. One hundred families will thus receive
regular tri-weekly mail facilities. Bon. Speaker Grow
and Senator Wilmot’s district.
Stanton, Jefferson county, James llill postmaster.
This is directly on two routes—lndiana to BrookviUe
and BrookviUe to Mahoning. There are one hundred
and fifty families within two miles, who .will receive
regular mail accommodations thereby. Hon. John
Patton’s district.
Tbo name of the office Harrows, Pike county, is
changed to “ Field Bend,* 1 and Jajibs Camrron ap
pointed postmaster, vice Albert W. Pellbtt, resigned.
APPOINTMENTS.
Henry Micki.ey, postmaster, Gashtown, Adams coun
ty, vice Judge Shank, resigned.
Alonko BuVkum, postmaster, OroSgingvlHo, Crawford
county, vice Hugh J. Swkbnbv, resigned.
George 11. Daniels, postmaster, White Mills, Wayne
county, vice Asher M. Atkinson, resigned.
THE FREHCH IHISISTER’S VISIT TO
RICHHOHD.
* ITS PURPOSE UNKNOWN.
Baltimore, April 17.— The following authentic in
formation relative to the visit of M. Mercier, the French
minister, to Norfolk, seems to be sufficiently significant
to justify particular mention:
On Sunday morning last Commandant Gautiers, of the
French war-steaiuer Gassendi, received a telegraphic
despatch from Richmond, via the Government telegraph
line, by way of Cherrystone lulet, to repair immediately
to Alexandria for tho French minister.
She proceeded forthwith and returned to Hampton
Hoads, without even giving the commandant time to visit
Washington, and after a brief visit to Gen. Wool and
JTlag-officer Goldsborough} the Gassendi got up steam
and west to Norfolk, whence tho Trench minister was to
proceed to Richmond.
THE SURRENDER OF FORT PULASKI.
THE REBEL JOURNALS DENOUNCE COL, OLMSTEAD.
TERRIFIC BOMBARDMENT ADMITTED.
Fortrb9B Mcs'iiok, April 16. —The Savannah and
Bichmond papers are very severe on Colonel Olmstead
for what is regarded as the poor defence he made at Fort
Pulaski. The garrison bad still three months’ provisions,
Ntd two hundred rounds or ammunition for each guu, and
it is charged that the defence was altogether inefficient.
Od the other hand, one of the garrison who escaped'is
represented as asserting that the Federal batteries con
tained oie gun that would put its shells through the walls
of the fort at any point at which it was aimed, rendering
'the working of the guns almost impossible; that all the
barbette guns were dismounted, and most of those bear
ing on the batteries in a similar condition before they
furrendareiL Tho garrison consisted of 800 men.
Ship Vorktown not Burned by a Pirate.
Nbw Tors, April 17.—The ship Yorkiown, which was
reported In the foreign news as having been burned by a
piratfj i* tying at pier 10, East River, loading for
London.
FROM GEN. BANKS’ DIVISION.
SAD MUHIIII TO tor on Eli BOHLEN’S
REdIHEIIT.
SEVERAL OFFICERS AND FOBTT OB FZFZT
PRIVATES DROWNED.
isct'fstkr, Va., April 16.—Yesterday, a large boat
containing a number of officers and privates of tho Seven
tyifiltta ri’niiflylvania retiim-hl was awampiid at Oadla
man s Ferry, on the Bhenandoah, and between forty and
fifty of the men and aoveral of tho officers wore drowned.
Among the officers lost weie Adjutant Fred. TieJe
mann (son of l)r. Henry Tledemann, in Fifth, below
Ntbta stiect, Philadelphia), Captain Wilson, Third BrU
gado conmiiisary, and Copt. Ward.
Captains Wilson and Ward were not Attache*! to the
Seventy-fifth Regiment, though the former is an officer
Id the brigade now commanded by Col. Bolden.
I will endeavor to obtain a full list of the nawos of
those drowned, on the arrive! or the regiment at Win
chester.
The Seventy-fifth Pennsylvania was formerly com
manded by Colonel Bolden, of Fhiladolphia, now acting
Brigadier General of the Third Brigade of Oonerol
Blenker's division.
Martikskuiu;, April 16,1862.—1 t will be gratifying
to those interested in the welfare of the Department of
the Sh.nAudoaii to legra that the proposition of tho
Baltimore and Ohio- Railroad Company to rebuild tho
line of the Winchester and Potomac road has been ac
cepted by the Secretary of War. In the meantime, the
supplies fer the army under Gen. Banks will be for
warded to Martioßburg, nineteen miles north or Har
per's Ferry, and thence transported ovrr iho stone road
to Woodsti-ck, via Winchester and Strusburg. The delay
in the forward movement of the army in Shenandoah
yaltay is ealfl to be Attributed to the uccemry delay iu
transpoiting supplies over the dilapidated road between
Harper’s Ferry and Winchester, more than to any othor
cause.
The designers and engineers of the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad inform your correspondent that; during the
present month, they will commence the erection of a
superb iron bridge over the Potomac at Harper’.-* Ferry.
The structure ts to be of a highly ornamental as well as
of a permanent pattern, coating, it is stated, about
$250,000. The pirn of the present structure are to be
raised five feet, far above any dangei of future freshets.
Mr. Quincy, construction engineer of the company, will
superintend the erection of the bridge, which has been
designed and nearly completed by Mr. fiollman, the well
known bridge architect and builder, of Baltimore.
A little episode in tho history of the rebellion transpired
here yesterday, which was the date fixed by both the
former and rebel constitutions for the convening of the
court, cf Berkeley county. At the appointed hour, the
sheriff 1 uuder the rebel regime entered the court house
and was about to ring the bell, summoning the late rebel
judge, John B. Nadenbush, to his seat, when Thomas
Noakes, a well-known loyal citizen, eriudd Ihe sheriff 1 by
the aim, and emphatically notified him that no rebel
court should hereaftor convene In Berkeley county with
out passing over l»is dead body.” The sheriff desisted,
and the rebel court did not convene. Subsequently by
pcrrnleeioii and under tbe diroction of Major C. M.
Walker, Tenth Maine volunteers, Provost Marshal of
the town, three Union magistrates were selected by the
loyal citizens and held the court. Some official business
was transacted, court and county officers appointed, and
the court adjourned until tbe next term, without order
ing any election, but awaiting the action of the consti
tuti mat State authorities in tbe premnes.
The town begins to assume the appearance of new en
terprise. The railroad -depot is crowded with heavy
trains of merchandise, and hundreds of hands are em
ployed in erecting new structures and repairing Iheda
mage done by the ruthless rebel military. The town is
filled with refugees and deserters from the rebel ranks,
the latter of whom are not very kindly received by the
former, and frequent co-lisions ensue, requiring the in
terference of the Provost Marshal. Among the recent
arrivals is Miss Bell Boyd, who figured some months ago
nt Manassas Junction in supplying the rebel troops with
whisky, and was the heroine of a fatal conflict between
two military companies who were rivals for her stimu
lating donations and sweet smiles.
LATER FROM GEM. BANKS' COLUMN.
MOUNT JACKSON OCCUPIED.
Pr«*li>ltate Retreat of the Rebels.
CAPTURE OF PRISONERS, TWO LOCOMO
TIVES, AND OTHER PROPERTY,
THE DESTRUCTION OF THE BRIDGES PEE-
VENTED.
GEN. SHIELDS IN THE FIELD.
Wa&hixutos, April 17.—The following despatch hag
been received at the War Department;
Mouxr Jackson, Va„ April 17, 0 o’clock A II— Our
troops occ»j^ ieo Mount Jackson at 7 o'clock this raoru-
Wft And m ww jR fropf of Beod’a Hill, where the
enemy &p pear j 0 he in force. The people report that the
rebels intend to make battle there. T h 6? resisted our
advance In order to gain time for tbe burning of tbe
bridges and railway cars, engines, Ac., that had byen ac
cumulated at the terminus of the road, but our move
ment was so sudden and the retreat of the rebels so pre*
cipitaie that we were eaabled to Have the bridges, two
tecomotives, and some cars. All these had been pre
pared with combustible material for an instant conflagra
tion. Many prisoners have been taken and several fine
horses captured from the enemy.
STiiAusutuG, April 17. —1 t is reported here, on good
authority, that Generals Williams' and Shields' com
mands passed Stouey Creek last evening, and advanced
towards Mount Jack*on. Thoy surprised In a church a
company of Ashby’s catalry, fifty in sixty in number,
together with three lieutenants and the horses of tho
company. So secure did the rebels feel that they ne
glected to post pickets. The prisoners are now here, in
charge of Colonel Canby, of tho Fixty-sixth Ohio, the
commander of the post, to be forwarded to Baltimore.
Colonel Canby, in person, keeps up active scouting
through the mountain haunts of tlie rebol cavalry be
tween the two fords of the Shenandoah, and has brought
in several prisoners, who aided In the attack on his
pickets. He reports the inhabitants as almost destitute
of the necessaries of life and ignorant of our presence in
force, but request protection against rebel depreda
tions. Having never taken part in the war, it is thjnght
that they are generally decidedly in favor ofarestoration
of the Union.
Second Despatch,
Despatches from General Banks, dated Mount Jackson
lliiß morning, state that he has seized lm locomotives,
several cars, saved the bridges, took many prisoners aud
several fine horses. His advance was so sudden that the
rebels bad not time to destroy the works or property, al
though every preparation had been made to do so.
The IroupH have acted admirably. They were in mo
tion atl o’clock this morning.
Colonel Carroll’s brigade, of General Shields’ division,
led the advance on the back road to the rear of Mount
Jackson, and General Kimball on the turnpike.
General Williams, with his fine division, brought up
the reserve column.
We shall occupy New Market to-night.
General Shields has so far recovered from his wound as
to he able to command hid division in person.
Expedition up the Rappahan-
nock River.
A REBEL BATTERY OCCUPIED.
Tim BARRACKS BURKED.
STABS ABB STRIPES AT TAPFAHAKNOCK
SCHOONERS CAPTURED.
REBELS EVACUATING FREDERICKSBURG.
Washington, Aprii i7. — lntelligence w»3 received, to
day, from the Potomac flotilla, which, on the 14th inst.,
visited the town of Urbane, en the Rappahannock. A
boat’s crew waß sent ashore, and, when within a few
yards of the beach, they wero fired upon fFOmridv-pits.
No one was injured, but tbe boat received several bullets
In her hull. Tbe Jacob Bell, being the nearest te them,
immediately opened fire upon the rebels, which scattered
them In every direction. After this the flotilla proceeded
on its voyage towards Fredericksburg. Arriving oppo
site Lowry’s Point batteries, they commenced, from the
whole fleet, io shell the works and fortifications, driving
ont the pickets who have occupied them since their evacu
ation, twelve days ago, by a large body of the rebel
army.
After the shelling, the boat’s crew landed and pro
ceeded to bunt some one hundred and fifty plank and log
houses used by the rebels as quarters, which wero en
tirely consumed; after which, the boats returned to their
ships* loaded with blankets, quilts, medicines, and miu«
kets, left by the rebels in tbeir flight.
The fleet thence proceedod to tbe town of Tappaha
nock, about two miles above Fort Lowry, arriving off
which a blank cartridge was fired and flags of truce
hoisted, which were responded to by the people of the
town, by displaying a number of white flags. Our com
mander, with his gig’s crow, landed, when they were met
at the beach by a large concourse of persons of all colors,
gild it seemed with great demonstrations by the dark po
pulation, one old woman exclaiming, “ Bress God, do
Yankees lmb come at last!”
Tbe American flag was run up over one of the largest
houses in tbe town, when it was hailed with enthusiastic
cheering by the crews of our own guuboats. Subse
quently, our commander was informed that two of the
people of the place had said, as soon as we left, it would
be torn down. Our commander then po'itely told them,
if it was, he would give them six hours to leave the town
before he burned it.
Information was given by contraVnniig that four large
schooners and other obstructions are placed in tbe nar
row channel of the river, five miles this side of Frede
ricksburg, to prevent our approach to that place, where
ftlßO lie the pfeamors St. Eureka , and
the former mounted with two guns.
As far as could be learned, there are no rebel soldiers
on the neck of land lying between the Potomac and Rap
pahannock, excepting a few pickets of cavalry, mostly
composed of Marylanders, to prevent tbo escape of ne
groes.
On tbe loth, the fljet layoff Tappahannock, about
fitly miles below Fredericksburg? Our fleet captured
tbe sloop Reindeer, loaded wltb oysters, shad, cedar
posts, and carpet bags, containing a quantity of clothes
for tbe rebels, with many letters, from which it was as
certained that tberobels are evacuating Fredericksburg,
and talk of burning the tows, to keep it from failing
InlooUr h&bds. The fleet proceeded down the river to
Corbin’s creek, and thereout ont two very fine schooners,
one of them being the Sidney A. Jones, of Baltimore,
Just below the creek two Secession soldiers were cap
tured, and contraband goods were found there aud ap
propriated, but the liquor was ail destroyed.
THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
BEAUREGARD STRONGLY DETRUDED MP
PREPARED TO DEFY US.
BUELL AND GRANT TO BE TOTALLY ROUTED.
Foktress Monroe, April 16. — Copies of the RleliM&iid
Dispatch and Norfolk Day Book were received here last
evening. The Dispatch contains a telegram from Beau
regard, dated Corinth, April 9th, stating that be was
strongly entrenched and prepared to defy the Federais
in whatever numbers they may attack him. He claims
the battle of Pittsburg as an important rebel victory,
capturlDg 6,000 Federal prisoners and thirty-six cannon.
The Dispatch* commenting on the above, thinks the
total rout of Buell and Grant to certain, Jf9 mention is
made of Beauregard being wounded.
The Canada at Boston.
Boston, April 17.— The steamer Canada, from Liver
pool via Halifax, arrived at 9 o’cloO this morning. Her
walls will be despatched by the miHiing train-
From General McClellan's Army.
the GUNBOATS within two
MILES OF YOKKTOH N.
ACTIVE ARTILLERY OPERATIONS.
THREE REBEL fills SHEWED.
BOMBARDMENT CONTINUED ALL WEDNES
DAY NIGHT.
Nkar YohktowNi April 17,
BMiivM 8 10 M.
To the Hon. Khwin M. Staxtoj*, Secretary of War :
During Tuesday and Wednesday the gunboats amused
themselves by shelling the woods below Gloucester. One
of them approached within two miles of Yorktown, yes
terday morning, when tbe rebels opened from a new
battery, concealed in tho woods. Tho boat, having ob
tained the position of their guns, returned to her position
without, receiving any damage.
Tlit: firing to-day w*i renewed at long intervals.
The rebeh, yesterday morning, with 1,000 Men, com
menced to strengthen a battery located about three miles
to tho left of Yorltiown, when a battery was brought to
bear, causing them to beat a hasty retreat. The rebels
applied with thrir L**vy gnDB, wl»en a second battery woe
brought forward, a brisk fire was kept np for about four
hours, during which three of the enemy's guns were dis
mounted, when both parties ceoHod for a while, but the
firo was renewed on our part im« ih the aftem.K>n, and
continued till daylight this morning, effectually prevent
ing the rebels from repairing tlte damage tlioy had sus
tained .
The loss of the enemy must have boon considerable, as
the firing of our artillery was very accurate. Our loss
was Sergeant Baker, Second Michigan; killed, and F.
Page, Company K, Third Michigan Rogimont, both feet
shutoff. Also, four horses were killed.
Yesterday Richard Pinter, of Berdan's sharp shoot
ers, w»h probably fatally shot while on picket duty.
Other engagements took place yesterday farther to the
left, and near the James river, in which our troops
showed great gallantry. Tho results have not yot beon
Mcoriaiiied.
mtlfTH COWESS-KBSI SESSION.
ELECTORS IN THE DISTRICT Of COLUMBIA
TO BE QUALIFIED.
The Oath of Allegiance to be Taken bf
Voters Challenged for Disloyalty.
AN AGRICULTURAL. STATISTICAL, AND
COMMERCIAL BUREAU PROPOSED.
DENVER CITY TO HAVE A BRANCH HINT.
CONSIDERATION OF THE PACIFIC RAILROAD BILL.
YVAsniXGTOis, April 17,1862.
SENATE.
Court of Claims*
Tli« bill to amend iho act creating a Court of Gtaima
waa receiyed from the House. *
Certificates of fntlebtcdness.
Also, the House bill, amendatory of the act anthoriz.
ing the issuance of cerlificalen of indebtedness. Bofoi red
to the Cvromitte? on Finance.
Memorials.
A number of petitions were referred.
Mr. WILLEY, of Virginia, (U.), presented amemorial
lor the restoration of the Harper's Ferry Armory.
Indemnity*
Mr. HALE (Rep ), ol New Hampshire, from the Com
mittee on Naval Affairs, reported a joint resolution, ap
propriating $7,000 tor the relief of the officers and pri
vates of the marine battalion, wbo loßt their personal ef
fects on the Tort Royal expedition, in November last.
I’mehl,
tliialificatiou of Electors in the District.
The bill to prescribe the qualification of electors in the
District of Columbia, by administering the oath of alle
giance to the Government and of past loyalty, at the mu
nicipal election, to all persons wbo may be challengel on
tho char cm nf disloyalty, was takas up.
Mr. SUMNER (Rep.), of Massachusetts, inquired If
an addition to the bill Bhenld not be made giving loyal
citizens wbo have resided here six months tho right to
vote. There was a disloyal community here, and he fa
vored such an amendment
Mr. G&tMES (ITep.), of lowa, preferred tbe bill as it
stood. The oath prescribed in the bill was the same as
w*B provided by the State of Maryland for her electors.
The bill was passed.
Agricultural Bureau*
Tbs Dfiusfe bill for ilia ut&Ulihm&Lt'of a Department
of Agriculture was taken up, and the Senate committee's
amendments agreed to. It provides tor a bureau inde
pendent of the Interior Department, with a commis
sioner and assistants, who are to obtain and diffuse agri
cultural information.
Agricultural, Statistical, and Commercial
Bureau.
hlr. WRIGHT (Union), of Indiana, offered a Substi
tute for the bill providing for an Agricultural, Statistical,
and Commercial Bureau. He briefly recapitulated tbe
changes produced in ayricultoral products by the war,
and instance! that sugar cane and tobacco were boing
raised in the West since the products of tho South bad
ceased to come North. He hollered that wo had less agri
cultural statistics of this country than of any othor, and
we depend too much on the States, on the often inaccu
rate information of the local pross. A bureau of §titia*
tics on agriculture would prove to be the greatest benefit
to ihe country. The present bureau had descended to the
mere distribution of seeds, two-thirds of which are use
less to the people. Able scientific men were needed at
the head of this bureau. Tbe Statiitical Bureau would
show what tho country was doing, while it could he ma
naged as economically as under the present appropriation.
He bad little faith in any bill that did not include the Sta
tistical Bureau.
Indian Appropriation*
On motion of Mr. FESSENDEN (RopJ, of Maine, the
bill was postponod, and the Indian appropriation bill was
considered and amended at length, and laid over to be
printed.
Mint at Denver.
The House bill establishing a branch mint at Denver
was taken up and passed, without amendment, after a
brief explanation by Mr. Fessenden that the yield of
gold in Colorado fully warranted the ostablishment of a
niintin that Territory.
Case of General Stone*
On motion of Mr. McDOUG ALL (Dem.) the resolution
calling for information in regard to the arrest of General
Stone whs postponed till Monday next, after a long de
bate as to tbe order of business.
Mr. DOOLITTLE (Rep.), of Wisconsin, gave notice
that he should move to refer the resolution to soma com*
mittee: perhaps the Special Committee on tho Conduct
of the >Var would be the best one.
Case of Lieut. Flemming.
Mr. GRIMES (Bep.), of lowa, offered a resolution
callirgon the President tor the papers and testimony jq
the court of inquiry in tbe caee of Lieut. Flemming, of
the navy, if not incompatible with tho public interests.
Agieed to.
Steam from San Francisco to China.
On motion of Mr. LATHAM (Bern.), of California,
Uphill for the »sfoblißlifiS6ht &f a line between
San Francisco and Shanshae was taken up, pending the
consideration of which the Senate went into executive
session, and subsequently adjourned.
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Thanks for the District Emancipation.
Chaplain Stockton, in his prayer, returned thanks for
the abolition of slavery in the District of Columbia, re
garding it as a Divine intervention.
Emancipation} Confiscation} Ac.
The House resumed tliv consideration of tho bill, ad
versely reported on lrorn the Committee on the Judiciary,
upon the subjects of tbe liberation of the slavosof rebels,
confiscation of >hcir property, &c.
Pacific Railroad Bill.
Tho pending motion was on tabling these sixteen bills.
Hall of them bad been read through when the Homo,
evidently indisposed to take further action to-day, went
into Committee of tho Whole on the state of the Union
on tbe Pacific Railroad bill.
Mr. LOYh JOY (Bep.), of Illinois, in expressing his
oppeUtfott, said that thfe bill waia pateliwatb, got up 6a
the plan of log-rolling, to suit six, eight, nine, or ten
railroad companies-
Mr. PIKE (Rep.), of Maine, advocated the postpone
ment of tbe question till the next session, lie said that,
apart Irom tbe magnitude of this project, we would by
tfaattiroe find out wheie we were, and the exteut of the
prodigious loachof debt with which we and our descend
ants would be oppressed for xn*ny years to come.
Mr. DUNN (Rep.), of Ohio, was in favor of tbe con
struction of a railroad to tbe Pacific, but was notin
favor of thiß House taking the control of its location.
He wished, as far as possible, to leave the location to
the capitalists who were witling to invest their monoy in
the enterprise. Let the practical men of the country,
w lio believe that they can build a paying road, bavo tbe
privilege of undertaking it. The enterprise would do
honor to this generation. If put into successful opera
tion it would giro us tbe control of the commerce of the
world, Other reasons were adduced in Us support.
Tho Road Necessary.
Mr. KELLEY' (Bep.), of Pennsylvania, and Mr. FES
SENDEN (Rep.), of Maine, severally advocated the
construction of the road. The military necessities of the
country, the laiierßsid, afforded additional reasons. Re
sides, the Republican party had in their platform pro
mised it.
Mr. MORRILL (Rep.), of Vermont, recognized that
plank in the Chicago platform, lmt If tho question was
whether bo should knock his brains out or knock the
plank out, he would prefer the latter.
Mr. FESSENDEN remarked that to go for the Pacific
road was the way to beep the brains in.
Mr. MORKILL resumed, saying, as practical legisla
tors, they were to do the right thing at tbe right
time. Ihia was Dot the right time, owing to the ex?
penditures of the war, for capitalists would net subscribe
a dollar.
Mr. BLAIB (Bep ), of Missouri, said Mr. Morrill’s
mind had been absorbed by providing for the ways aud
means, and perplexed by a favorite hobby—namely,
the Morrill tariff for the protection of domestic industry.
The people of the West had done tbeir duty in the field os
everywhere else. It did not now become the Repre
sentatives of the people to treat them as step-children.
He had heretofore seen Disumonists opposing this mea
sure, and had not anticipated adverse action from the
Fast.
Mr MORRILL replied that the tariff W nothing to
do with this question. But for the Morrill tariff, this
country would now be bankrupt. Under it the burdens
fail quite as much on foreign nations as on our own. Ho
repeated the reasons why ho thought tho bill should be
postponed, and challenged an examination of the records
to show that ho had, in his public course, been never
actuated by miserable local prejudices.
The Building of the Road would be a Measure
of .Economy,
Mr. CAMPBELL (Rep.), of Pennsylvania, said he had
heretofore show' that she o<> T en)raent pays
eleven millions eight hundred thousand dollars Tor trans
portation to the Pacific, an amount doubly sufficient to
pay the interest on all the bonds contemplated by the
bill, if they should be issued to-morrow. The construc
tion cf this road had boon delayed long enough. It might
nut be built fur ten or fifteen years, bub if we never begin,
we shall never finish it.
The committee then roae, and the House adjourned.
Drill of Saunders* Cadets at Con-
OUf HALL.—Last evening, Concert Hill WAS crowds
td at an early hour by u fashionable atidioneo, to witness
a public drill by Saunders’ Cadets. The display wai,
both in fact and in |intent, complimentary to Major G,
E. Eckendurtt', military instructor of the corps, and af
forded i vident gratification to the spectators, Who broke
forill in frequent applau&e. , . . t
The Cadets numbered about sixty, and, in their vari
ous inaii'i-uvri'H, occupied tho principal portion of the
main ball, the benches having been mostly removed. The
baj onet-evtreise, skirmish-practice, and company and
battalion drill, were severally proceeded with, each in a
mobt admirable manner, reflecting ho little credit upon
Major Eckendorff and Prof. Saunders.
The Cadets are as thoroughly imbued with martial
ardor aud fine esprit dn corps as any organization
which has ever appeared in public on the stage In this
city. Their movements are executed wltn unanimous
purpose ami an almost surprising fidelity to Instructions,
which may bo taken to indicate oithera devoted applica
tion to the “manual,” or a taste for the profession of
arms—or more probably both. Their muskets are ban
died with all the easy grace of the connoisseur, yet with
all the care and BUilfulness vf the proficient. Prof.
Saunders is doing the work of a whole Statojmffltary
academy, in infusing a spirit of manliness among onr
youth, and should apply for an act to incorporate him
self, at the uext session of the Legislature, as one of the
Clerks of Councils Is said to have done. The Saunders
Cadets did themselvoK Infinite credit last night. None uf
the entire audience left the exhibition dissatisfied—few
wont away without a feeling of pride in our young de
fenders.
Patal Affair..—A fatal accident oc
eutrod rMleiday in Kum«lF« brickyard* In the Twenty,
fourth unrd. A boy named Hugh Green, aged 14 yean,
died from the effects of a blow on the head, inflicted
with a lump of clay, by a boy named Geo. Batmaartner.
Green died at his residence in Maiket street, above Lo
gan. Baumgartner waa arreted and hold t, await the
result of tha coroner’s imiuest.
ARRIVAL OF PARSON BROWNLOW,
HIS WtraiTEY fsou ctttsbvbo to phila.
DELPHIA.
SKETCHES OF HIS LIFE. ADVENTURES. AND CAPTIVITY.
By the kindnen. of Geo. vr. Child., the Penn
aylvania Railroad Company, we were permitted totccon
pony Wm. G. Hiwnlovr. familiarly known u « Parson”
Ilrownlow, orer the line between Pittsburg end Phila.
delpbla. He reached this city at a quarter to twelre
o’clock last night, haring left Pittßlmrg early in the
morning, dined at Altoona and supped at Harrisburg.
Owing to tho Idleness of tho hour* we are compdloi) to
suppress the main portion of our report. Suffice it to
say, that the << Parson” left Knoxville, bis place of resi
dence, in the month of March last, and after suffering all
the physical and monfnl anguish that his persecutors
cnuld inflict, reached the Ggh&y&l BuUl,
emaciated, blit dauntless and indomitable as in his prime,
and full of hatred for tho Secession that has exiled and
outlawed him.
His subsequent eonrso has been in the highest degree
flattering to Ms patriotism { forms progress through the
Northern States has been almost triumphal, and every
village and city has contributed its share of regard and
applause for the manner in which Brownlow vindicated
himsolf, the Union, and East TepnesiM.
At Cincinnati tho whole populace, from the Bchod
children to tho highest civil and military officers, greeted
him, and gave him means whereby to repleninh his ut
terly wshpusted fiwwceii, Although weak of voice and
faltering of limb, Brownlow has proved equal to the oc
casion and its honors, and his speeches havo been fiery
nay, almost frenzied in their devotion to the law, their
detestation of anareby, and their acorn of all who have
abetted the existing national heresy.
He has visited the camps of tho Fort Donelßon prison
ers, and conversed with tho sous of his old friends and
neighbors, taken with treasonable arms in their hands.
He has left no-stone unturned to fix upon the responsible
Inuh fentieHiiee ihe inland yof the revolt, and |s now
Bmong us with the design of writing the history of tha
Knoxville campaign, and particularly that part speci
fying tho names, families, and deeds of the covert and
avowed leaders,
Weary of repeated honors, hut always equal to them,
—recovering strength, but still haggard and feeble,—Par
son Brownlow reached Pittsburg on Wednesday after
noon, and was welcomed to Pennsylvania by ffie M§yw
of that city and the Mayor of Allegheny City, He re
mained at tho Monongahela House, where his tenure
was a prolonged ovation, and at eight o’clock in the
evening addressed :i jammed house at Concert Hall, li*
took the Philadelphia train on Thursday morning, and,
bring anxious to fee the scenery of the mountains, was
invi ed to occupy the locomotive. He rode nearly
seventy miles in this way, observing the splendid sconery
of the Concmaogh, accompanied by Mr. Lloyd, of the
luMifthlHg LftUU Sf Appteg&te Jt Cc., Cincinnati.
At Gallitzin, on the AUeghcuy Mountains, the “Par
son ” was approached by a man who had been one of his
guards at the Knoxville jail, bnt who had subsequently
escaped, and rejoined his family j ppnnwlvftnia, Ha
still wore bis Secession uniform, but was warmly greeted
by Mr. Brownlow, He Btated that ho hid be&n im
pressed into the rebel service, and, being ordered on
picket duty at a remote point, bad escaped. Ha bore to
the PaHftti lutrilirn'liee At the Ulttor'a family, and was,
therefore, doubly welcomed. Tho former guard and
prisoner parted w ith a warm good-bye ami “God bleu
you.”
At Altoona, having descended the ffieuutftinfl, Mr>
Brownlow was welcomed i>y Mr. Cbildg, publisher of
this city. The only other Philadelphians present were
Henry R. Edmunds, Esq., of tho Philadelphia Bar, and
the correspondent of The Press. The citizens crowded
atnund to gaze /md grin at the difltlfigutehed gue& t, who
tniiitd and shook hands with tho more curious, and par
took of some refreshment in the Logan H<*use.
Be wore a black c;oth coat, a figured eilk vest, dark
gray pantalcona, and an old-fashioned hat, bound with
erape. His garments u-ere iu the highest dt-gree thrifty,
according w ith the plain, simple character of tbe man,
and utterly devoid of display or {appearance. He looked>
indeed, a quiet Methodist preacher, and bore no external
evidences of the adventurous and exciting life which ha
hiic.led Per iip\v»rds of hiklf a c^ntnry.
There was abnndant testimony, however, in his faded,
hollow face, the figuro a little bowed, and the hard, ema
ciated hand, of the trials—approaching martyrdom—to
which be hod boeit recently subjected, Indeed, n B stated
that whereas, at the period of bis incarceration in the
Knoxville jail, he weighed 175 pounds, he had been re
duced, by the time of the receipt of his discharge, to 130
pounds. The long and parching fever which assailed
lliili ill F&bfUAyy last is Still feVldehced In the lustreleas
expression of his eyes, which are yet, however, bo sufooct
to bis fiery spirit that they flash as of old when some
bitter recollection stirs him to indignation. He seems
to have sworn never to forgive the enemies of Teiif^R^spfl|
bnttn fciioiy tjiem.'iteatiiiyj through iyar pad pWe/uutil
Ilia wrongs and the murder of his friends is accounted
and atoned for.
He has been offered large sums of money to accept of
prop&aala to lecture, but he lm» thus fur declined them.
A 'Western, gentleman offered him S2O,O£H) for twenty
lectures, lie does not wish more money, hop over, than
will establish him anew at Knoxville with a fast Elos
press and a new office for the Whiy. His friends in Phi
ladelphia intend to procure him both of these.
Mr. Brownlow speaks quietly, but unrestrainedly, ol
his tenure in the loathsome jail at Kuo.wilie, and an
swers questions readily as to his previous career in
politics, the pulpit, and journalism. He is recovering
Lib voice, -which Lad been feeble of late years, aufl WQ
could almost imagine ourselves listening to one iusplred
as lie thundered bis anathemas in tbe several depots on
the line of way.
After to-day ha departs for the of Mr.
Childs, near Bordentowu, where he wilt spend some
w eeks upon Lis book. He has copious diaries of prison
maitere in his possession, and a fall file of the Knoxville
Whiff for the past year, TJiyge wifi prove ilJYAlUfibto aid*
to him in collecting material for his history.
SPEECHES ON THE WAY.
The speech of Mr. Brownlow at Harrisburg was very
characteristic.
My Fellow•CiTiZEXS • When Govornpr Curtin intro
duced mo »s Parson Brownlow, he should have said that
I hih what is left of Parson Browulow. The Secessionist*
of my Stuto had very nearly done for me when they de
spatched me into what they called “ Liucolu's kingdom.”
But I uni not uead yet, and intend to go back to the Lord's
bf KttfiXVille, Hast wfih » LB* pres*
they have torn up mine—and pour hot shot into them,
as I have always done. I want to go back with a cocked'
hat, on horseback, and wearing a sword, as hoou as the
Northern troops under General Fremont havu advanced
into my country, and poiut out the tratforj, tb?
limbs whereon to hang them!
"We have suffered much. Wo have been hung, shot
down on our own properties*, tied to trees and whipped to
death; and all this because we would not desert the Hag
ol onr fathers, the Union, aud the Constitution. These
had protected ua for yeanii nnl wo won't giro them up
for the world or tho devil I [Cheers.] I tell yoni my
friends—and I do speak advisedly—when Andy Johnson,
our new Governor, orders an old-fashioned State elec
tion, and the withdrawal of tho bayonets of Secession
leaves ua freo to express our will, Tennessee will give the
Union and the Government a majority of fifty thousand l
[Cheers.]
In my home of Knoxville, seven weeks ago, an elec
tion was ordered for mayor aud aldermen. Tho Seces
sionists gave out that the Union candidates were Aboli
tionists and Lincolnitoa, and proclaimed their candidates
advocates of State Rights and tho Southern Confederacy.
In every ward of Knoxville we beat them two to one,
and elected Lincoln, the Chicago platform, or whatever
they cliege to call it.
The game of Secession is almost done. Tho ardent
spirits in Secession have almost got their rights and trill
sonu come in to renew their allegiance. Tour blockade
is ruining them at a greater rate thau fire and sword.
Although cotton is said to bo king, there Is not a spool of
it in Knoxville, and they have no calico or domestic
goods of any description. Why, the week I came away
there was not iu Knoxville—a large town—among twenty
or thirty atorcS, a single fine-tooth comb, and the h&kdS
of the little Hecessionists were swarming with squatter
sovereigns seeking their rights in the territory of the ora
nium. [Great laughter.]
I am very feeble, my friends, and would like to take a
cup of coffee before Igo on to Philadelphia. Butl can
not conclude without oxpresßiug my admiration for thi»
great State of Pennsylvania, that has furnished so many
gallant soldiers—more, I b-lieve.fu proportion to her po
pulation, than any other State—to fight for the recovery
of the Union and the establishment of the laws. [Cheers.]
A in the crowd ip<}uirpd of Mr. Brownjow
ns to tho health of Coi. Lentbeli, and other clUzeas'of
Fast Tennessee. He paid high etilogtutn to the patriot
ism of these, bnt said of a certain Dr. Jackson, that
lie was one of the blggeßt and blackest traitors that made
tracks in Knoxville.
Gov. Curtin then introduced ex-Gov. Porter and uu
moruus members of the executive atufli who accompanied
Parson Brownlow to the refreshment saloon. As tha
moment bad nearly arrived for the starting of the train.
Mr. Brownlow emerged from tho depot with a cup of
coffee in his hand, which ho drank leisurely as the train
passed through the town.
At Huntingdon tho Parson was called ontby crowd*
at two different depots, and spoke somewhat as follows;
Mv FkLi.ow.CouxTimiKx: I have not the physical
ability to say much to you, for I am weak and tired. I
am still able to bear testimony, however, to my Union
principles which I have always asserted, and my ever
lasting resolution to fight treason and secession in whaU
ever shape they may appear.
It is related of tho Apostle Paul that he fought beasts
at Ephesus, but I have fought Jeff Davis, Tom Walker,
und the devil. [Great laughter.] I bid you good-bye.
At Lancaster about five hundred people thronged the
depot. uu«l tho Parson made a stirring speech from the
platform, avowing his intention to oppose to the death
and always any Tennessean who had wavered iu hte
loyalty during tho rebellion of 1862.
He was immensely cheered at every point—hundreds
pressing up to be honored with a grasp of his hand.
The following members of Connells were appointed as a
committee to receive Mr. Brownlow in this city: Messrs.
Megary, Craig, Gatherwood, Ingham, and Davis, of Se
lect Council, and Messrs. Harper, Wolbert, Oresswell,
Spence, aud Hubn, of Common Council. The committee
met in the Council Chamber about Id o'clock, and after
making all arrangements, proceeded in carriages to the
depot nt West Philadelphia, there te await the arrival of
the train, which made its appeal ance a few minutes after
11 o’clock. The “ Person” w«b escorted from the cars
and received by the committee of Councllmen. This
part of the programme was conducted very quietly, and
but few persona were aware of his presence. He was
received by Mr. Joseph Megary, who spoko as foLows:
HR. BKOTTiiMW— fir, Til? P? n P ci !“ °f TOtadrteWa
have deputed us to tender to you the hospitalities of the
city. In doing which, the city of Philadelphia h«s
honored berselfin paying honor to a patriot,who has suf
fered so much in the canso of constitutional liberty. The
triple of Philadelphia, always loyal, will shout with joy
ut the r<'e?bti6U Wlift has dUftll Ift tell tkflJM
would-he destroyers of the greatest Government that
God over made—«• Thus didst thou.” Allow ms again
In tender to you the hospitalities of tho city.
After those few brief remarks Mr. Brownlow was es
cort Od to the carriages! and the whole party were
driven rapidly to the Continental Hotel. Bnt few psr«
sons had gathered about tho. hotel up to the time of hit
ai rival. After ho had been shown to his rooms a largo
crowd gathured around, and ctaorr after cheer was given
fur the pati lotlc aud UlusMbttS gHMfc. ThS lin
gered about until after midnight, hoping to catch a
glimpse of the welcome guest. In this they were disap
pointed, as he immediately retired, being much overcome
with Ids day’s journey.
Manufacture op FIREWORKS, &C.—
The City Solicitor gives the following as bis opinion
relative to the business of refining benzine and making
fire-works, cartridges, Ac., within tho built-up portions
of the city i
»Kn city has a right to croato ordinances in restraint
of trade. If an individual or corporation locates an
establishment injurious to health, or dangerous to tho
lives of citizens, the remedy is by indictment for a not
gnnee, and not in the manner proposed (the enactment of
iUw prohibit! rig them from locaHoßS IB tUft City limits).
The whole legislation relative te the city indicates that
no important steps of the kind have been made without
legislative authority, and accordingly the storage of gun
powder and the ei ection of wooden buildings are regu
lated by positive acts, upon which our ordinance* aro
rounded. ' . .
*. Tho Supreme Court, in a recent case, has construed
strictly our powers to impose penalties, unless clearly
authorized by our charter, and however proper I map
regard the ordinance as a protection to life and property*
it cannot legally bs passed until the city has further
power.” '
Sudden Death. —A woman named
Elizabeth Bennett fell dead yesterday afternoon at Ridge
avenue and Fifteenth street. The eoßNfit VM notified
to bold an inaw?Bt»